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Comment on Programming cats by Ian

Ian — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:25:58 +0000

Andrew-I for one work at an animal shelter and have seen the effects of cats breeding in the suburbs. The litters range from 2-9 kittens. Unweaned kittens cannot be raised in a shelter and are euthanized. It’s a horrible situation. DON’T FEED STRAYS!

Comment on Programming cats by Zach

Zach — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:44:01 +0000

Thanks Stu, I wrote a bit more about it (and copied your article) over here . namely where I found the snippet that I pasted, and why I found it.

Comment on Programming cats by Been Looking For a New Pet… – Zachary Fouts - Random Rambling Randomness

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:41:50 +0000

[...] From Stu.ie Have you ever wondered how many cats you would have if you started with just one female and left [...]

Comment on Programming cats by Andrew de Andrade

Andrew de Andrade — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:24:33 +0000

I’m sure I’m not the only one who is genuinely interested in seeing this performed as a real live experiment (possibly run several times in parallel to average the numbers).

Comment on Programming cats by nik

nik — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:40:01 +0000

i had a feemale cat once…the boy cats sure loved her. she had little ones every freakin month it felt like. boy, she got around the block.

Comment on Programming cats by MrLinton

MrLinton — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:19:54 +0000

Very nifty walk through of your fact checking process. Sometimes we forget when presented with facts such as the one above that; the methods to arrive at those conclusions can be completely inaccurate(to the point that it mind of well just been made up).

A couple things I noticed you didn’t consider which may have a significant affect on your results (or at least the ones that bug me):

1) Random cat death. In nature some kittens just don’t make it to breeding maturity.
2) Limiting the simulations ability to support the cats. In the real world, breading is not only dictated by the season or how many female cats there are, but also by many other external factors such as food supply, predators, and the general nature of cats to be curious and kill themselves.

But like you noted: “there will always be some when simulating any sort of behaviour like this.”

Comment on Programming cats by Lurking_Grue

Lurking_Grue — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:42:30 +0000

Would it be possible to get the source for this script?

I’ve been looking for something like this to figure out the propagation of a new sentient race, starting with 3 males and 3 females for a private traveler game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game)

Comment on Sky Broadband ADSL username/password hardware lock-in by Ādam Zaman

Ādam Zaman — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:42:51 +0000

it worked if it didnt work for anyone check caps lockv and that yourusing the colons in between every two numbers fgor max address suck that sky

Comment on Set Up Remote Recording by Jonathan Farbowski

Jonathan Farbowski — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:25:15 +0000

When selecting program to record the application force closes. Orange Hero on 2.1.

Comment on Set Up Remote Recording by Stu

Stu — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:55:36 +0000

Hmm, I can’t duplicate the behaviour at all on any of the phones/emulators I have access to.

I’m still working on a new version of the app that will be compatible with Android 1.6, so I’m afraid the only thing I can suggest is waiting until then…